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Sunday, December 29, 2013

IONIC: Manage Your Day 12.29.13



Have you ever felt that you couldn't really complete anything because it had to be perfect? That is the story of my life. Completion of task often times take forever, never getting them all the way done or changing plans because I understand myself to know that it won't be right.......if I keep going in that certain direction. So I compromise. 

Compromising isn't necessary a bad thing. Especially if you can finally complete something. If you are frozen in fear of doing something "unsatisfactory" you won't complete ANYTHING! Chances are your work......as imperfect to you as it may seem.....is most likely unrecognized as such.

A few years ago I started getting back into sketching.....I couldn't. I didn't know what to draw and was afraid to put the first lines on the paper. Finally I convinced myself to just doodle......like I was scratching something out while talking on the phone. When I tricked myself into thinking that what I was drawing wasn't important and was just scrap......I getting some pretty neat doodles. From there I was able to take off again.

Don't hinder yourself with trying to me perfect my friends. Just try it. Something is always better than nothing!

Eugene Thompson
Ionic DeZign Studios
www.ionicdezigns.com

Friday, December 6, 2013

IONIC: Manage your Day 12.6.13

Have you ever got into a situation where you absolutely needed to get something completed by a deadline? A deadline that could not be changed or extended? And the perfect idea or solution just wasn't happening? Some call it writer's block or hitting a wall, in either case it is a barrier that keeps you from producing your best work. 

Sometimes it is the pressure to get it accomplished that keeps you from coming up with that great idea. If time allows I have found that setting your pencil down (do we still use a pencil?) and taking a break will give our minds the opportunity to rest and come up with the answer. 

I have even went to bed at night with the unresolved issue stuck in my brain and the impending deadline looming over me only to wake up in the middle of the night with an epiphany. My wife hates that by the way! But once I have woken up and doodled the solution down I can go back to sleep assured that the answer has been provided by my mind to be addressed at daybreak.

Take a break my friends and let your mind do its magic!

D. Eugene Thompson
Ionic DeZign Studios
www.ionicdezigns.com